Senate Amendment 5240


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     1  1    Amend House File 2332, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 11 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 726.5, Code 2005, is amended to
     1  6 read as follows:
     1  7    726.5  NONSUPPORT.
     1  8    A person, who being able to do so, fails or refuses
     1  9 to provide support for the person's child or ward
     1 10 under the age of eighteen years for a period longer
     1 11 than one year or in an amount greater than five
     1 12 thousand dollars commits nonsupport; provided that no
     1 13 person shall be held to have violated this section who
     1 14 fails to support any child or ward under the age of
     1 15 eighteen who has left the home of the parent or other
     1 16 person having legal custody of the child or ward
     1 17 without the consent of that parent or person having
     1 18 legal custody of the child or ward.  Support, for the
     1 19 purposes of this section, means any support which has
     1 20 been fixed by court order, or, in the absence of any
     1 21 such order or decree, the minimal requirements of
     1 22 food, clothing or shelter.  Nonsupport is a class "D"
     1 23 felony.>
     1 24 #2.  Title page, line 5, by inserting after the
     1 25 word <program> the following:  <, nonsupport of a
     1 26 child or ward, providing for and making criminal
     1 27 penalties applicable,>.
     1 28 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 32 DOUG SHULL
     1 33 KEITH A. KREIMAN
     1 34 HF 2332.705 81
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